With the New York Times article, "Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat" plenty of questions have hit the surface on the impact of biofuels. Consequently, the debate continues. In Vermont biodiesel and other biofuel production is quite promising says, Netaka White, executive director of Vermont Biofuels Association and chairman of Renewable Energy Vermont's Biofuels Working Group. If done in a sustainable manner on a local scale with consideration paid to the environment in which these fuels are to be produced (i.e. Corn based Ethanol has no place in Vermont) biofuel production could have very positive environmental and economic impacts. Vermont on-farm research being conducted over the past 2 years has now given us the information needed to project that over the next 10 years, using sustainable rotation practices on just 16% of our cropland, Vermont could grow enough oilseeds to replace all diesel used in our agriculture sector (6.4 million gallons per year) and more than 50% of the imported protein livestock feed for our dairies, states White. Furthermore, the Vermont Senate is considering a bill to legalize the growth and sale of industrial hemp - a seed crop with a very high yield and an efficient source of biodiesel and other valuable products. It is guaranteed that the dialog on biofuels is far from over. [Sources: Rutland Herald, Times Argus, Addison Independent]
Biofuels: A Hot Topic
With the New York Times article, "Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat" plenty of questions have hit the surface on the impact of biofuels. Consequently, the debate continues. In Vermont biodiesel and other biofuel production is quite promising says, Netaka White, executive director of Vermont Biofuels Association and chairman of Renewable Energy Vermont's Biofuels Working Group. If done in a sustainable manner on a local scale with consideration paid to the environment in which these fuels are to be produced (i.e. Corn based Ethanol has no place in Vermont) biofuel production could have very positive environmental and economic impacts. Vermont on-farm research being conducted over the past 2 years has now given us the information needed to project that over the next 10 years, using sustainable rotation practices on just 16% of our cropland, Vermont could grow enough oilseeds to replace all diesel used in our agriculture sector (6.4 million gallons per year) and more than 50% of the imported protein livestock feed for our dairies, states White. Furthermore, the Vermont Senate is considering a bill to legalize the growth and sale of industrial hemp - a seed crop with a very high yield and an efficient source of biodiesel and other valuable products. It is guaranteed that the dialog on biofuels is far from over. [Sources: Rutland Herald, Times Argus, Addison Independent]
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